May 4 2013

Creating a Notes 9 silent installation package including the new browser plug-in

The new browser plug-in is a great feature. You can choose to deploy only the browser plug-in or you can install it as an additional option with the standard client.

For some users, the browser plug-in together with the awesome new iNotes may be a good option to a standard client deployment and they won’t need a client anymore. This option is very interesting for citrix environments…

But also when you decide to deploy the standard client, you can install the browser plug-in as an additional option. This is a good chance to let the users decide how they can work more efficient and smarter. They can use the standard client or if they prefer to use only the browser, they can work with iNotes and the browser plug-in when they have to access some notes databases.

The browser plug-in won’t be installed by default, so you have to use a msi parameter to install it in silent mode. You can use these parameters to create a silent installer and enable the browser plug-in installation:

notes-client-kit.exe -s -a /s /v"ADDFEATURES=NotesPlugin /qb+"

There are many more options for customizing the installer, but the “NotesPlugin” parameter is new in Notes 9. To enable also the IBM Connections components, OpenSocial, multi-user installation and change the default program directory use this parameters:

notes-client-kit.exe -s -a /s /v"SETMULTIUSER=1 ADDFEATURES=NotesPlugin,OpenSocial,Activities
 PROGDIR=C:\IBM\Notes /qb+"

To complete the browser plug-in experience, you have to set two notes.ini parameters:

BrowserAllowiNotesMail=1
INOTES_SERVER_PATH=<your inotes url>

These parameters will show the icons in the browser plug-in to open iNotes and in iNotes another one to open the plug-in. When you try to open your mailfile using the browser plug-in, the iNotes URL will be launched automatically instead.

Apr 16 2013

Notes/Domino 8.5.3 FP4 available

Details about the included fixes and download links can be found here.

Top 8.5.3 Fix Pack 4 Fix List descriptions:

Client

SPR# GMAA8TQEVG (LO69022) – Fixes issue where view column sorting isn’t maintained in the inbox view. This is a regression in 8.5.2 (technote 1605679)
SPR# BBSZ82DCP8 (LO48664) – Fixes issue where when a user is renamed to a different Hierarchical Certifier, they get prompted the first time they launch the Notes client, to accept Cross Certificates for Organizations that they are not a member of.
SPR# RCEA8JGM72 (LO62098) – Fixes issue on Red Hat 6 where the Admin Client does not show disk space
+SPR# JSHN8ZZ2AB (LO72588) – Fixes Client focus issue when using an outline entry pointing at a view. This is a regression in 8.5.3 FP2.
SPR# JKAE8M3DVD (LO64176)- Fixes intermittent Notes Client crash in AsyncReceivePoll -> PostReceive -> OSVBlockAddr -> Panic(technote 1573842)

Server

SPR# ADC8QXA8M (LO68659) – Fixes Server crash with Unknown Error in process Unknown and function DbClose2
SPR# BFUY8XNL8M (LO71747) – Fixes Server crash when closing documents associated with a database that is being closed in the imap process (technote 1634066)
SPR# MJBG8MV72E (LO64908) – Fixes Domino Server router hang while doing a message recall (technote 1609773)
+SPR# RFRF92V973 (LO73083) – Fixes issue where some Chinese characters get lost in a message sent by iNotes user
SPR# RNOG8VDLTW (LO69974) – Fixes issue where if a user is renamed to an OU an error is received if there is a policy assigning that OU to the ID Vault (technote 1599746)
SPR# MKHS8L3TR3 (LO63302) – Fixes issue where users are prompted several times to create local cross-certificate after being moved to a new org using Adminp
SPR# JWAE7L5SU2 (LO34992) – Fixes Server SMTP crash in NSFItemAppend
SPR# TSAO8XFGBQ (LO71264) - Fixes Server crash with unexpected internal error returned to logger: 0x200F2010 (technote 1609851)
+SPR# JPMS8WVLW9 (LO70915) – Fixes performance issue where Clients are unable to connect to Server due to issue in UNK processing. This is a regression from 8.5.2.
SPR# XCXC7MEDPQ (LO36754) – Fixes server crash during conversion of a document to html by the http process
+SPR# THIO8T2FJ6 (LO68537) – Fxes issue where after upgrading to Domino 8.5.3, the subject of a mail is lost if that subject contains Japanese characters. This is a regression in 8.5.3.
SPR# ANIA8RVE8Y (LO69114) – Fixes Server crash in Domidx while removing databases from the Domain Index (technote 1596145)
SPR# ANIA8JG9BN (LO62073) – Defensive fix to avoid an issue where the Event Task Crashes With “Panic: Osvblockaddr: Bad Vblock Handle.” We now check to ensure that the VBlock handle is NOT NULL before using it.
SPR# MBOD8GZQBH (LO61477) – Fixed an issue where the mail file path (replica reference) of a replica copied using dbmove is incorrect on the target server.

iNotes

+SPR# TSAO8MAEHH (LO64401) – When Alternate Name Support is enabled, while in the inbox, modification of the “To” Address is not reflected in the Altsendto Field. This is a companion fix to SPR IISA8WQABL. This is a regression in 8.5.2.
+SPR# IISA8WQABL (LO70816) – When Alternate Name Support is enabled, while in the preview pain, modification of the “To” Address is not reflected in the Altsendto Field. This is a companion fix to SPR TSAO8MAEHH. This is a regression in 8.5.2.